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node.depth: Depth of Nodes and Tips
Description
This function returns the depth of nodes and tips given by the number of descendants (1 is returned for tips).
Usage
node.depth(phy)
Arguments
phy
an object of class "phylo".
Value
A numeric vector indexed with the node numbers of the matrix `edge' of
phy
.
Details
The depth of a node is computed as the number of tips which are its descendants. The value of 1 is given to the tips.
See Also
plot.phylo